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War of the Worlds started out to be an epic disaster movie due to master director Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise, but soon turns as a completely cinematic disaster we should all forget. Read the full review »

There's no real ending or twist here, but M. Night Shyamalan's latest film is a hybrid between psychological study and tense hostage thriller, and features an incredible performance from James McAvoy. Read the full review »

Everyone seems to be in love with a hybrid genre called slasher. But how could a film about serial killers dominate Hollywood's most prestigious acclaim? The Silence of the Lambs earned five golden statues on 1992's Academy awards including Best P... Read the full review »

Continuing my series of tributes to the Academy Awards, I decided to log 2015's Best Picture winner Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). A film that I didn't appreciate upon my first watch. But after seeing it multiple times, I can fin... Read the full review »

In celebration of the 90th Academy Awards, I would be logging a series of Oscar-winning and nominated films in my diary. And the first film would be 1994's The Shawshank Redemption.
Upon first viewing, I didn't know what to expect; I mean I haven... Read the full review »

PROS:
+Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis
+unique style in comic book movies
+dark and gripping at times
+Shyamalan's twist that I didn't see coming
CONS:
-not enough surprises and adventure Read the full review »

2017's Beauty and the Beast uses the 'tale as old as time' formula in the most classic, beautiful and meticulous ways, without taking risks to be its own thing.
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2016's "The Magnificent Seven" is the second remake to Akira Kurosawa's 1956 Western "The Seven Samurai." And after so many films like this, it's perhaps unavoidable that The Magnificent Seven has shadows of some films that has come before - some... Read the full review »

PROS:
+darker and more mature Star Trek
+brings back the iconic characters
+empathy for the antagonist (Khan)
+intense and suspenseful scenes
CONS:
-messy third act
-involvement of Genesis Read the full review »